Woman looses her eye after parasite burrows during her contact lens in shower on holiday

A WOMAN has lost an eye after a parasite in shower water became stuck behind her contact lens. Belgian woman…

A WOMAN has lost an eye after a parasite in shower water became stuck behind her contact lens.

Belgian woman Petra van Kalmthout has gone public with the harrowing story that happened to her three years ago to warn other contact lens users of the risks.

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Petra van Kalmthout has lost an eye after a parasite in shower water became stuck behind her contact lens

It went all wrong for Petra during a sailing trip on holiday when she took a shower while wearing her contact lenses.

She said: “I had a party and In the evening my eye hurt a bit. I immediately took out my contact lens. I threw it away.

“The next day my eye was red and was even more painful.”

Petra went to see her GP and visited several eye doctors, who prescribed her some eye drops an [19659000] Petra lost her eye during a sailing trip holiday three years ago

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Petra lost her eye during a sailing trip holiday three years ago

Petra headed to the university hospital of Antwerp, where doctors found she had a parasite in the cornea of ​​her right eye.

By that time Petra had already lost almost all her sight in her eye as the pain became unbearable.

The culprit turned out to be an acanthamoeba parasite, which is not dangerous unless it gets stuck between a contact lens and the cornea of ​​an eye.

The tiny parasite nestles itself in a cocoon on the cornea and affects the entire eye. [19659002] A special child of eye drop with chlorine can kill the parasite, although this came too late for Petra.

After two failed surgeries to rescue her eye Petra had to make a tough call to remove her right eye.

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Petra is seen wearing an eye patch after losing her eye

She said: “When I had my eye removed it was the end of a period with pain. And yes, that you then have to live your life with an eye patch is a choice that you consciously make. “

Petra has recently received an ocular prosthesis and needs no longer to wear an eye patch, although she will remain blind in